Category Archive: acquisitions

Mergers, Acquisitions, Takeovers

May 23

ICANN De-Accredits Dotted Ventures (IANA#833)

ICANN the managing authority for all gTLDs has removed the accreditation from Dotted Ventures Inc. (Dotted Ventures) [ www.dottedventures.com ] (accredited since 7 December 2009). The termination is due to Dotted Ventures’s failure to timely cure the policy breaches by 14 May 2013 as set forth in ICANN’s various notice of breach pursuant to Section 3.9 of …

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May 02

ICANN De-Accredits Power Brand Center

ICANN the managing authority for all gTLDs has removed the accreditation from Power Brand Center Corp. t/a Power Brand Center LLC [ www.powerbrandcenter.com ] (accredited since 27 April 2011). The termination is due to Power Brand’s failure to timely cure the policy breaches by 28 Feb 2013 as set forth in ICANN’s various notice of breach pursuant …

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Apr 18

ICANN De-Accredits CI Hosts

ICANN the managing authority for all gTLDs has removed the accreditation from CI Hosts [ www.cihost.com / net / org ] (accredited since 4 February 2012). The termination is due to CI Host’s failure to timely cure the policy breaches by 1 March 2013 as set forth in ICANN’s notice of breach of RAA dated 11 January …

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Apr 17

ICANN De-Accredits DomainMonger.com

ICANN the managing authority for all gTLDs has removed the accreditation from Central Registrar, Inc. DBA Domainmonger.com (accredited since 4 October 2010). The termination is due to Domainmonger’s failure to timely cure the policy breaches by 1 February 2013 as set forth in ICANN’s notice of breach of RAA dated 11 January 2013. As of …

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Apr 29

Astutium Ltd acquires Midnight Software

Astutium Ltd ( www.astutium.com ), an established leader in UK web hosting and internet services for over 15 years, announced today the completed acquisition and integration of the domain, web hosting and cloud/vps clients from Midnight Software – UK based hosts specialising in small business hosting and virtual servers. “The integration of MidnightSoftware clients further grows our …

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Sep 30

Astutium Ltd Acquires Chorver Internet Technologies Ltd

Astutium Ltd ( www.astutium.com ), an established leader in UK managed server colocation and dedicated server rental for over a decade, announced today the completed acquisition and integration of Chorver Internet Technologies Ltd – a host specialising in providing dedicated server hosting and rackspace for UK business. “Merging in Chorver Internet brings over several thousand …

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Mar 26

Mobius Web Services has been acquired by Astutium Ltd.

Astutium Ltd, an established leader in UK web hosting and internet services for over a decade, announced today the completed acquisition and integration of the domain and web hosting clients from Mobius Web Services and sister firm Lavender Web Services – boutique hosts specialising in small business web design and hosting of ecommerce systems on Windows/DotNetPanel. “The …

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Oct 22

Astutium Ltd Acquires Designer Hosting

Astutium Ltd, a London based Business Internet Service Provider, announced today the completed acquisition and integration of the web hosting service DesignerHosting.co.uk “The acquisition of Designer Hosting brings over another large number of Plesk and Ensim based resellers and hostees plus domain registrants, complementing our existing Business Web Hosting offerings. I’m very pleased to welcome another brand to …

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Aug 18

DC-Domains.com merged into Astutium

As part of our process to continually improve our products and services and extend the range of solutions availble, DC-Domains.com has merged into Astutium Ltd ! We have today completed our migration from the our dc-domains system into the new Client Portal and Domain Management systems which you can find at Astutium Client Portal The new …

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Jan 22

The ISPs and the Musical Chairs – Mergers and Acquisitions Roundup

Its been a busy time in the ISP/Registrar/Host M&A world, with providers vanishing almost on a daily basis.Some of the more notable M&As included: 2007 December Spanish Registrar Arsys sold to The Carlyle Group and Mercapital private equity~£120,000,000 outright purchase. 550,000 registered domains, 170,000 customers, 250 employees WebHost Automation Ltd (WHA) authors of HELM Windows …

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